The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-17

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Gen. Sheridan has accepted the invita-
: ton to review the State troops at the en-
campment OF the National Guard at Mount
Gcetna in August.
Annie LotZgaseIIe, of Lewistown. eIoned
with young man named Decker. but her
father cOptured her before she reached Cam
den and she is still single.
Two hours after the decoration ceremo-
MES at the cemetery at Beaver Falls, every
hover was stolen from the soldiers graves
and the plants were dug up and carried of.
A Pittsburg sharp is swindIing country
people by selling them sure compound
to preserve butter" but which, upon close
examination. has proved to be nothing but
common salt
or tie $4,000 appropriated by Con-
gress FOR arming and equipping the militia
o: the several States, Pennsylvania will re-
ceive s27 $40. New York receives sS3, ,179.
and Ohio s2I, 1875.
Isaac Rnsensteei OF Hempfeld township.
Westmorelsnd county, has curiosity in the
shape Of small chicken, which is a week
old 1t has four legs with five toes on each
foot. aud three wings. He has refused $50
for il.
Last Saturday afternoon, Charley, two
year-old son of Alfred Hinkle, of West
Clearfeld. Pa. was play ing'near a colt when
the colt kicked him on the back of the
head iniicting a serious and perhaps a
fatal wound.
-EXempting furniture and plate and plea
sure carriages for State purposes. and taxing
the horses, cows, and farming implements of
the farmer, does not seem 10 De very fair.
Better exempt all, or none, says the Harris
burg Telegraph.
The Pennsy lvauia Railroad Company
gives out that its experiments ia heating
cars 10y steam have been so successful as 70
authorize dednate announcement that the
ear stove will be banished from its passen-
ger trains as soon as the requisite changes
can be made
AT a special meeting Of the town
council on Monday night the contract for
lighting the street lamps and keeping them
In order was awarded 10 Demetrius Ludwig,
for the SUN of s13O psr annum. Mr..
Thomas James who had been awarded the
contract a few weeks ago for the sum of
The new commuta tion bill provides that
criminals in the State prison be given two
months of the first two years Imprisonment,
four months each of the third and fourth
years and FIVE months off each succeeding
year. In other words where a man is SEN
fenced ten years 10 the penitentiary he can
reduce his time three and one hall years
by good behavior. The old law gave only
one month off the first and second years.
iWo months of each succeeding year until
the nth year was reached. and three months
of from FIVE 10 ten years, after which four
months were allowed.
A frightfui fatality occurred on siding
of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the Lewis
town naIrows, near Port Royal. at O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon. a number of men were
loading ballast on a draft of fat cars which
stood or the elevated siding communicating
with the quarries Suddenly the brakes
gave away and the heavily ladened cars
started down the slope at a rapid rate The
men jumped from the cars and were not
seriously hurt, but two of a gang of track
repalrmen at work a shsTt distance below
were not so fortunate. These men, named
Jacobs and Depew, were struck by the run
away cars and carried under the wheels.
Jacobs head was severed from the trunk
and both legs were cut off. He leaves a
wife aud several childred residing at MIffiin.
Depew lost foot but will recover. He Is a
single man, and son cf the foreman OF the
division. a passing train conveyed the re-
mains of Jacobs and the injured Depew to
Mtiiin. The runaway cars were badly
wrecked when they reached the open switch
at the main track.
The Somerset Herald says The loss 10
Somerset county in the destruction and
damage done TO bridges by the late flood
will not be- less than SIS. 600 90 and may be
S35 10000. The Commissioners have receiv-
ed notice of the following bridges having
been entirely destroyed.
Covered bridge at Bethel. 40 feet long.
Built in 1865 at a cost of SI244 90.
IRON bridge at Dulrs Quemahoning town
ship, l15 feet long. Built in 1882 at cost of .
$4,000.
Covered bridge at TrostIe's mill, In
QuemahonIng township.
Trostle Mill Branch bridge in Quemahon-
inc township. length 6S feet. Built in 1873
At a cost OF S735 90.
Mostoiler covered bridge in Qsemahonine
township, length 80 feet. Built in 1888 .
Cost about 100000.
Gardner bridge In jefferson township,
Cost about $500 co.
Jacob zimmerman bridge in Quemahon-
ing township.
James Kimmen bridge in Quemahoning
p Covered bridge at David Penrod's, in
QuemahOning township.
In addition To the above there were a .
nnmber Of other bridges destroyed while a
great many others were badly damaged.
The following is the program for the
concert, to be given at the Opera House, in
this place this, (Friday) evening.
PART FIRsr.
tuartc t. NhiTgoorwill's Cali, ,''.......-. White
Misses Condor. Nessrs. Strayer and Denny
Vocal Duet Back 20 our Mountains. -. Birdie
Miss Carrie Condor and Miss briggs.
Instrumental Duet-COrnet and Plano. Birds
ir breamland sleep ep,''-.-.-----.--..-..-.-W White.
Miss briggs and Mr.. Denny.
Trio-~ Restless Sea ...-.-.w White |
Miss Condor, Messrs. Strayer and Denny.
" NaltE--S0ng and Chorus The Lighthouse by
'Le F'''tr Davis
Miss briggs. Mrs briggs, Messrs. Strayer
and Denny.
oenl >olo-' Magnetic Waltz, .Arditi.
local Duet" See the Pale Moon, 49,. Campana
Nj sses CJnion.
PART SECOND.
local Duet" HuntIngtower,' ....... Dernar
Miss Condor aud NJ. Denny.
'Irnet Solo Last Rose OF summer with Va